,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjah,mr4 ,mc,nerney introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to direct the ,attorney        
,general to enter into an agreement with
 the ,national ,academies to conduct a  
study to develop guidelines1 best       
practices1 and examples for             
congressional redistricting4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,fair ,and ,inclusive ,redistricting    
,map ,act or the ,,fair ,map ,act4  #b4 
,congressional ,district ,map ,study    
7a7 ,in ,general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall 
enter into an agreement with the        
,national ,academies under which the    
,national ,academies shall conduct a    
study to--  7#a7 develop guidelines1    
best practices1 and examples consistent 
with the criteria in subsection 7b7 to  

aid ,states in drawing congressional    
district maps2 and  7#b7 define metrics 
and limitations to such metrics for     
geographic contiguity1 compactness1 and 
maintaining partisan symmetry4  7b7 ,map
 ,criteria  7#a7 ,primary ,criteria ,the
 guidelines1 best practices1 and        
examples developed under subsection 7a7 
shall-- 7,a7 comply with the            
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
including the requirement of equal      
population2  7,b7 comply with the       
,voting ,rights ,act of #aife 7#eb      
,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq472 and  7,c7    
maintain geographic contiguity and      
compactness4  7#b7 ,secondary ,criteria 
,to the extent practicable1 the         
guidelines1 best practices1 and examples
 developed under subsection 7a7 shall-- 
7,a7 respect natural and existing       
political boundaries2  7,b7 respect     
communities of interest2 and  7,c7      
maintain partisan symmetry4  7c7        
,completion of ,study ,the ,study       
required under subsection 7a7 shall be  

completed at the later of--  7#a7       
,january #a1 #bjba2 or  7#b7 the date   
that is #a year after the date of the   
agreement in subsection 7a74  7d7       
,report ,after the completion of the    
study1 the ,attorney ,general shall     
submit to ,congress and make publicly   
available the results of the study      
described in subsection 7a74  #c4       
,authorization of ,appropriations ,there
 are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out   
this ,act4